388 



UH) ]»(»uiuls ot'sii]iiTi»liositliat«' ami 1(H> jxmnilsof imiriate of jKitash were 

 ns<*<l witli a mixtnif of 1(M> jkhhhIs of iiitrat<* of soda and L'<m» ]H)nn<ls of 

 cotton s(*<*(l nn'al. In jj«MM'ial no considcraldt* in»T»*asf in yiHd follow*'*! 

 tin' nsc of double amounts of fi'itiliz**is. 



Frrtilizer texts trith hettx (i»p. 82, 83). — The ^i\\ and ft-rtilizers were 

 tin' same as in the i>ieeedin<r ex]»'iiment. Early HIo<k1 In-ets were sown 

 in rows, and tiiinned to a distanee of 10 inehes ai>art. The weijrht of 

 roots and lea\ es from three averajfe be-etxS on ea<h jdat are talmlated. 



Till' iiitratf-or-sotlii jilats, either iu sin;;le or iloiible ratious. showed a «lt'ti<le«l 

 ;;:iiii "ver tot toil -seed meal, which may br creiliteil to tlie immediate availuhility of 

 iiitniyen iu ijiieh form &» to Im' reatlily a.s»imilat<-«l by the growing plant, while the 

 « tleft ofrottou-seerl meal in early 8priii<; is slow, whieh will naturally lead us to the 

 ' oucliisiou that for (|ui<-k-matiiring erojis, espeeially thost- plauted very early iu the 

 f-priiij;. nitrate of soda should form the source of nitrojjeu. 



Doiiblf ratious of nitro;;i'uons ingredietit-s in most ca6«*8 iurreaaed the f«iz«- of the 

 roots, as wfll as tin- 4 arlimss— tin- ;;reatest consideration f«ir markft Kartliiiurs. 



Tfxl nf nil II I IIS III Ftiiilisli jiiiis l*)*. 81, S.^n. — T;iltnlat<<l imli-x i>ii 'JS 



vanet i»>. 



Frrlilizrr toits iritli jh Hx (p. Stl,. — The soil and fertilizers Wele |»ia<'li- 

 eall> the same as in tin* preeedin;; exiM-rinn'nts with hi-ans and heets, 

 exeept thai no ltarn>ar<l manure was used. The variety sown wa.s 

 Kine r.eanly. The yields at four sueeessive piekin^rs an* tahulat«'<l. 

 The >ields were huj^er with than withoni nitrojienous fertilizers, and as 

 between file two foiiio the lesults wer«' favorable to nitrate of siHla. 

 The lai;iesl yields occurred where muriate <if potash. su]H'ri)hos]dnite, 

 and nitrate of soda were conduned. 



Tests of' varieties of eantnlinipes [mt. HI, Si^). — Descriptive note.s on 

 IS varieties. 



Fertilizer trst irith iiiiitiilniiprs (pp. s«», «»(>). — "The object of the exper- 

 iment was to determuie the etVe<-t of nitrate of siNia ami <>otton-se<'d meal 

 in ditVerent (-ondiinatiuns and rations on earlim-ss and ]irodtn-tiveness.'" 

 the combinations ami amounts of fertilizers used beinj; very similar to 

 those in the lu'eceiliiii; experiments. The laml used was an old orchanl. 

 I'ach of the !'.> jdats incbnied one r<»w "a qmirter of an acre" lonjj. the 

 rows beinj: <» feet ai»art. Nixon was tin' variety use<l «»n all the jtlats. 

 The tabulated results *• point towar<l the benelicial etlect of nitiateot 

 soda in rejjard t«i earlim-ss. while cott<»n seed nu'al, in almost evci\ cdin- 

 bination. incrcaseil the yield at the ex]>ens4' of earline.s.s." 



Kansas Station. Bulletin No. 24, September. 1891 pp. 12). 



EN/0<>TIC rHRKHKITIS < H ' IlntJSKS, N. 8. MaYU. D. V. S. (jtp. 



lOT-lKJ, plate 1). — Duriufr the autunni ami winter of 181MMH a disease 

 ]Mi]»ularly designated "stajr^jers" caused the death of a considerable 

 uumbcr of horses in Kansas ami adjoining Stat«'s. This article gives 

 au aecount of investigations of the disea^se by the auth(U\ The .symp- 

 toms and the residts of jiosl-mortem examinations are given. A feeding 



